http://www.speaker.gov/general/boehner-anything-short-full-obamacare-repeal-unacceptable

You have a house, without fire protection. Your house accidentally gets burned to the ground. Do you really expect to get an insurance company to cover the fire damage.

It sounds ‘unfair’ or ‘inhumane’ to say sorry, but if you have a health problem, and you have not paid for support, you cannot expect to all of a sudden get support. This is part of being an adult, and making correct choices.

NOW, the real answer is to correct the insurance system, whereby we get insurance from a group other than our work. Say, for instance as a COSTO or Credit Union member. Then our insurance follows us where ever we go. Our payments from day 1, ensure that “pre-existing conditions’ never, ever come up

They use their power and influence to control who gets on what committees, who gets to write bills or attach things to them,, what perks one gets for one’s self and what pork/projects one can send to one’s constituents. A Congress critter can only operate if he or she figures out how to appease the power-brokers or their masters.

This is the most terrible consequence of the lack of term limits – the ability for someone like Boehner, McConnell, Reid, or Pelosi to build an almost unassailable power base with the ability to take out or break almost any idealistic freshman congressman or senator and insure them only a single useless term in office and even pick their successor.

In any case, he’s much more likeable than his predecessor.

That won’t happen until next year, obviously. So just telling Americans with pre-existing conditions that they’re going to be cut adrift until next year isn’t likely to win their votes in November.

The pre-existing condition problem is real, and those with pre-existing conditions vote.

I have a friend who was born with Type 1 diabetes and has had problems managing it ever since he was born. In many states without state-mandated guaranteed issue, he might find himself uninsurable, unable to start his own business.

I don’t see any approach for insuring the millions of Americans who are born with diabetes, leukemia, etc., who survive to adulthood and want to start their own careers, that does not involve some level of government intervention or leveling. To any private insurer, such people are just too high a risk.

The best solution is a government-subsidized high-risk pool, in which the private insurer will have to charge a staggeringly high premium for insuring someone with leukemia–and the government will pick up much of the tab, making it affordable for the patient. But at least the patient will have private insurance.

It is not a matter of messaging–its the fact that they would Willingly support any part of Obamacare. I mean right now the Dems have feel like they are on the Titanic and Obama is the captain and Boehner/Cantor want the Republicans to hit the iceberg again!!!!1

Primary, Primary, Primary

But by law, states can regulate a maximum exclusion period on the basis of pre-existing conditions. Perhaps a federal cap on this may help to protect those with pre-existing conditions without unnecessarily distorting the market. And of course, these people should not be denied coverage for unrelated ailments.

I also agree with the principle of allowing parents to share their insurance with their children, but the age limit in the law is too high, and I think insurance companies should be able to charge slightly higher premiums for such coverage.

But I didn’t expect them to actually disclose this five months before the election… Congressional Conservatives will have to fight tooth and nail to separate good proposals from bad policy.

Oh yeah, don’t give me this, “Romney has nothing to do with this!”
That’s BS!

It dramatically increased costs without expanding the base to pay for it. If this is the Republican alternative I’d rather leave Obamacare intact.

To avoid an unwanted flame war, that’s all I’m going to say about that……..

If SCOTUS had been considering striking down the entire law for whatever reasons, Boehner (by his terrible timing on this) has just signaled that as far as the Legislative Branch of the Republican Party is concerned, keeping it intact is “acceptable”.

Does the man not know what the word “discretion” means?

Loose lips sink ships. And he may have just sunk having SCOTUS strike the entire law down.

(Sigh)

We need him out of there. Badly. And McConnell too.